2025 Compare Cities Education:
Portland, ME vs Kent, WA

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Highlights
- Kent spends 12.8% more per student than Portland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 62.0% higher in Kent than in Portland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Kent had 7.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Portland
 Portland, MEKent, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,069$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,112  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,846$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.44  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9894573
 Students per Counselor265  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.56.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.4%1.5%
Reviews for Portland    35 Reviews

Used to be great before the pandemic. Now people from out of state have ruined it by paying New York prices for real estate site unseen. Why would you live in Maine when  More

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Over 4 years ago

I have never lived here but the lack of Jimmy John’s is depressing and makes me wish I was deceased.  More

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Reggie · 
Over 7 years ago

I found out I was allergic to corn on the cob here. I would give Portland twelve thumbs downs if I could. My friend told me there was a subway here and I thought he  More

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Reviews for Kent    7 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

hello every one   More

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Western Washington has a moderate climate with summers that do not get too hot as a rule usually the upper 70's to low 80's for a couple months then dropping back to  More

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employment-housing-mass-transit, kent has it  More

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